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This guide to raquetball uses the Personalized Sport Instruction model of teaching (PSI), which is widely respected as an effective, interactive, student-centered teaching model. This workbook, as part of a six-book series, features a common organization and framework for planning, managing, implementing, and evaluating the fundamentals of learning badminton. Each module includes specific directions for setting up learning tasks and criteria for demonstrating mastery. For anyone interested in the sport of raquetball. ... Read more

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Racquetball: Mastering the Basics~
Great book for all levels of racquetball players.Emphasizes the basics of the game and provides detailed strategies and exercises to practice. ... Read more

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This econometric study covers the world outlook for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment across more than 200 countries. For each year reported, estimates are given for the latent demand, or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.), for the country in question (in millions of U.S. dollars), the percent share the country is of the region and of the globe. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a country vis-à-vis others. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each country and across countries, latent demand estimates are created. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved. This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the 230 countries of the world). This study gives, however, my estimates for the worldwide latent demand, or the P.I.E., for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided across the world's regional and national markets. For each country, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time (positive or negative growth). In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in courses on international strategic planning at graduate schools of business. ... Read more

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Introduces the game of racquetball, its equipment, clothing, rules, techniques, and some of its champion players. ... Read more

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Terrific Illustrations!!!
This book has the best illustrations regarding the strategics of the sport I have seen in any racquetball book, new or old...I highly recommend it for the illustrations alone.

Review of physical demonstrations
The actual concept of the strategic goals of this sport is well examplified by excellent pictorial views with sub-title explanations.I recommend this book to anyone desiring a basic and full understanding of the fundamentals of racquetballs strategic concepts, and how to dominate the game strategically, easily demonstrated via the illustrations in this book...Excellently done, even though this book is a bit oudated via today's racquets and a few rules have changed, the fundamentals, and understanding the dominance of controlling the center of the court has not changed.

How To Improve Your Racquetball
AFTER MANY YEARS OF PLAYING RACQUETBALL, I RECEIVED THIS BOOK AS A HOLIDAY GIFT.THIS IS A GREAT BOOK, WITH EXCELLENT DIAGRAMS, AND HAS BEEN EXTREMEMLY HELPFUL IN TEACHING ME TO LOSE MY TENNIS SWING IN MY RACQUETBALL GAME.GREAT STRATEGY HELP AND DIAGRAMS TOO....

A total piece of junk...
...this book was a complete waste of time and money.
Check out Chapter 1 "Equipment Selection Guidelines",
where they give you a bunch of hot tips about selecting
the best aluminum frame rackets.Actually, I realized
I'd been shucked well before that, when I saw the cover,
which was decorated with pictures of racketball stars from
the 70s with Studio 54 hairstyles who are now probably in
the old folks' home.I've been trying to learn racketball
by running around like a chicken with my head cut off while
my opponents try not to laugh themselves to death, and I can
confidently report that that experience has taught me far
more than this book ever could.

Best overview for all levels of play in any single book!
Excellent strategy examples, excellent photography explaining details from the beginner to the expert player/professional.A compiliation, only oneof it's kind, where the strengths of all touring professionals is expresed. ... Read more

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This econometric study covers the latent demand outlook for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment across the prefectures and cities of Japan. Latent demand (in millions of U.S. dollars), or potential industry earnings (P.I.E.) estimates are given across some 1,000 cities in Japan. For each city in question, the percent share the city is of it's prefecture and of Japan is reported. These comparative benchmarks allow the reader to quickly gauge a city vis-a-vis others. This statistical approach can prove very useful to distribution and/or sales force strategies. Using econometric models which project fundamental economic dynamics within each prefecture and city, latent demand estimates are created for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment. This report does not discuss the specific players in the market serving the latent demand, nor specific details at the product level. The study also does not consider short-term cyclicalities that might affect realized sales. The study, therefore, is strategic in nature, taking an aggregate and long-run view, irrespective of the players or products involved.

This study does not report actual sales data (which are simply unavailable, in a comparable or consistent manner in virtually all of the cities in Japan). This study gives, however, my estimates for the latent demand, or the P.I.E., for badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment in Japan. It also shows how the P.I.E. is divided and concentrated across the cities and regional markets of Japan. For each prefecture, I also show my estimates of how the P.I.E. grows over time. In order to make these estimates, a multi-stage methodology was employed that is often taught in ... Read more

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Marty Hogan - Power Racketball
This book will help the 'newbie' to understand some fundamental of Racquetball and some more insight of marty's "personnal game"
Tricks and tips are extremely valuable to anyone of any strenght.
Also well defined drawing makes it easier to understand what is taught.
Another aspect of the game that is brought on is the mental aspect which is as important as the physical trait of it.
Sound book for anyone thats looks to improve and also want to know more about the history of Racquetball. ... Read more

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This report was created for global strategic planners who cannot be content with traditional methods of segmenting world markets. With the advent of a "borderless world", cities become a more important criteria in prioritizing markets, as opposed to regions, continents, or countries. This report covers the top 2000 cities in over 200 countries. It does so by reporting the estimated market size (in terms of latent demand) for each major city of the world. It then ranks these cities and reports them in terms of their size as a percent of the country where they are located, their geographic region (e.g. Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market.

In performing various economic analyses for its clients, I have been occasionally asked to investigate the market potential for various products and services across cities. The purpose of the studies is to understand the density of demand within a country and the extent to which a city might be used as a point of distribution within its region. From an economic perspective, however, a city does not represent a population within rigid geographical boundaries. To an economist or strategic planner, a city represents an area of dominant influence over markets in adjacent areas. This influence varies from one industry to another, but also from one period of time to another.

In what follows, I summarize the economic potential for the world's major cities for "badminton, paint ball, racquetball, squash, and table tennis equipment and traditional and clamp-on roller skates and related equipment" for the year 2009. The goal of this report is to report my findings on the real economic potential, or what an economist calls the latent demand, represented by a city when defined as an area of dominant influence. The reader needs to realize that latent demand may or may not represent real sales. ... Read more

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Racquetball is written for the beginning racquetball player to provide an introduction to the skills and techniques for a lifetime of play on the court. ... Read more

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As far as you can go on paper
This book "Racquetball" by P.E. Allsen is part if the Sport and Fitness Series of Brown & Benchmark Publishers.As with other books in the series, it pretty much covers everything you want to know about the sport.

It covers history, rules, procedures, strategies, etc.There are monochrome pictures of how to stand and move.Along with this are several diagrams of angles best for different types of serves.The book covers rules of different groups and how to score.

A very important but overlooked part of the sport is warming up and stretching exercises.They are covered in this book also.
The only things lacking from the book are the strength and endurance drills that do not use the ball its self.

There is so much information in this 116-page book that it can make your racquet spin.This book is a must if you are even halfway serious.

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From Back Cover ~
Racquetball, a relatively new game--only five years old in organized form--has captured the enthusiasm of physical-fitness-minded people throughout America. A fast-paced, easy-to-learn game that utilizes simple equipment and the ever-increasing number of handball courts--the rules and much else are "borrowed" from handball--racquetball is a challenging, easily mastered sport that can be enjoyed by men, women, children--the entire family.

In Inside Racquetball, the official guide to the sport, Chuck Leve, executive secretary of the International Racquetball Association, discusses the winning techniques of such national champions as Charlie Brumfield, Bill Schmidtke, Craig Finger, Ron Rubestein, Steve Keeley, and Paul Lawrence.His instructions on the type of racquet and ball to use, the proper grip and stroke, serves and serve returns and offensive and defensive shots all are presented in a succinct, step-be-step illustrated style.

After laying the groundwork for fundamental techniques and playing procedures, Leve emphasizes such strategies and tactics as gaining control of center court position, taking advantage of an opponent's weak areas, anticipating shots and using proper court coverage formations in doubles.

Dozens of illustrations, action shots, easy-to-follow diagrams and the complete official rules of the International Racquetball Association fill the pages of this scientific guide, an insider's official hoe-to book for the sport. ... Read more